Career Notes: Ranks second in school history
with 3,676 career rushing yards in 33 games, trailing Marcus King
by 118 yards…Ranks third among active players in the FCS in
career rushing yards and third among seniors…Became the
first running back in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in
each of his first-three seasons after setting the freshman rushing
mark in 2010…Has 18 career 100-yard games in career and
three games of 200 or more yards, including 246 at Sacramento State
and 219 against Idaho State in 2011, and 253 at Montana in
2012…Ranks first in career carries with
733…2012: Started all 11
games…Walter Payton Award Finalist (17th)…College
Sports Madness Second-Team All-America…Beyond Sports Network
Honorable Mention All-America…All-Big Sky First
Team…College Sports Journal Preseason All-America, Second
Team…College Sporting News FCS 2012 Preseason All-America,
Third Team…College Sports Madness Preseason All-America,
Third Team…Phil Steele’s All-Big Sky Preseason, First
Team…College Sports Madness Preseason All-Big Sky, First
Team…CFPA Running Back Watch List… Named offensive
most valuable player at team banquet…Rushed for 1,182 yards
on the season for his third notch on the top 15 single season
charts and the 20th-best performance in the FCS…Rushed for
eight touchdowns and caught one…Recorded five 100-yard
rushing games on the season, including three straight…Set a
new career single game rushing record of 253 yards, and added three
touchdowns in the 41-31 upset win over No. 14 Montana (Sept.
22)…The performance earned him ROOT SPORTS Offensive Player
of the Week, National Running Back of the Week by the College
Football Performance Awards website and Big Sky Player of the Week
by the College Sports Madness website…had a five-game
scoring streak from Sept. 8 to Oct.
13…2011: Started all 11 games…Beyond
Sports College Network All-America Second Team
choice…All-Big Sky First Team selection…Rushed for
1,435 yards on the season, the third-best total in school history,
with 15 touchdowns, the second-best single-season total in school
history…Ranked fourth in Football Championship Subdivision
in rushing at 130.5 per game and eighth in all-purpose yards per
game at 162.5…Posted seven 100-yard rushing games on the
season, including five consecutive to end the season and seven of
the last eight…Improved career high twice in 2011 with 219
yards with a touchdown on 32 carries against Idaho State, followed
by 246 yards against Sacramento State…Performances ranks
11th and 15th in school history…Was named the National
Running Back of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards
and the Beyond Sports College Network…Tallied 250
all-purpose yards against Northern Colorado...Rushed for 124 yards
on 28 carries, scoring the first two touchdowns of the
game…Added 126 yards receiving on five receptions including
a 44-yard touchdown catch from receiver Khalil Paden…Named
Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week…Became the
first Big Sky player since Weber State’s Trevyn Smith to
record 100 yard rushing and receiving in the same
game…Believed to be the second player in NAU history to
accomplish the feat, joining David Lang in 1989, who rushed for 189
and had five catches for 112 yards against Nevada on Nov. 18,
1989…2010: Named offensive most valuable
player and newcomer of the year at team banquet…All-Big Sky
second team selection…Rushed for 1,059 yards on the season,
setting the school freshman rushing mark and recording the 14th
1,000-yard season in school history (11th-best single-season
total)…Scored 16 touchdowns on the season to lead the Big
Sky….Fourteen rushing touchdowns are the second-best single
season total in school history…Among the top freshmen in the
country in rushing yards per game, listing third among five
freshmen in Division I to average more than 90 yards per
game…Overall, he ranked 25th overall in the Football
Championship Subdivision in rushing per game, second among FCS
freshman and fifth in the Big Sky Conference in rushing yards per
game (96.3 per game)…Had six games with 100 or more yards
rushing…Had 167 yards and four touchdowns in his collegiate
debut against Western New Mexico. It was the most yards by a
freshman under Jerome Souers in a debut and most by a freshman at
NAU since Deonte Williams rushed for 194 yards against Idaho State
in 2008…Earned a pair of national awards for his performance
in the season opener against Western New Mexico, garnering The
Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS National Freshman of the Week and
Division I FCS Performer of the Week by the College Football
Performance Awards…Recorded a 152 yards with two touchdowns
in season finale against Portland State…Season-best 82-yard
rush from scrimmage for a touchdown against the Vikings was the
fourth-best in school history…High School:
A 2010 graduate of Hamilton High School…Played for Coach
Steve Belles…Two-time all-region selection and second team
all-state…Two-year letter winner and starter…Helped
team to back-to-back state championships…Set school single
season record for touchdowns and scoring…Also lettered in
basketball and track…Personal: Zachary
Jordan Bauman on July 24, 1992 in Chandler, Ariz…Son of
Ricardo and Lisa Bauman…Has one sister,
Alexis…Cousin, Rashad Bauman, played at Oregon and for the
Washington Redskins (2002-03) and Cincinnati Bengals
(2004-05)…Also was an assistant coach at
Oregon…Cousin Greg Pruitt played in the NFL from 1973-84,
playing in four Pro Bowls…He was a member of the Redskins
Super Bowl XVIII winning team and was elected to the College
Football Hall of Fame in 1999.